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Re: [ccp4bb]: PROTEIN CONTACTS

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Dear Dima,

      I admit that I am slightly perplexed by your statment (not that I would
      like to initiate or add to known polemic about open source and free
      accesss software, but still...);  Let me consider for a moment the "TOO BAD"
      at the end of your msg. refering to US$500 fee charge for access to SMS
      version that is capable of analyzing local files.  

      If you accept that SMS has a good suit of tools (with credentials of
      PDB which mirrors it at their site) and on top of that, it does
      what one would like to be done, than US$500 is much better deal than
      starting do develop it yourself. The latter solution will cost you
      multiples of SMS fee just in salaries! So actually, one might consider
      this as a good deal.

      In addition, here in Brazil we did pay for academic license for packages
      with similar logistics w/r/t charging fee. It should not be surprising
      that  we also need some funds to further develop this package which  we
      offer for free to whole comunity for all deposited structures.

      Best regards

      Paula Kuser


> >      You can have a full and detailed report of contacts between
> molecules using
> >      the Contacts module from SMS at http://www.cbi.cnptia.embrapa.br/
> >      You will find a pointer to Contacts on the left side of the page.
> >
> >      We also have a mirror in the USA: http://trantor.bioc.columbia.edu/SMS/
> 
> It really looks like a very useful suit of the programs. Problem is,
> in order to use it with your own not yet deposited data, you have
> to pay for $500 for registration or $1500 to get local copy or claim 
> that you don't receive any research funding. Too bad. 
> 
> Dima
> 
> 

Paula Kuser
Centro de BioInformática Estrutural
http://www.cbi.cnptia.embrapa.br/
Embrapa Informática Agropecuária
Telefone: (19) 3789 5830
Av. Dr. André Tosello, s/n, Campinas, SP
Caixa Postal 6041
Cidade Universitária "Zeferino Vaz"
CEP 13083-970 Campinas (SP) - Brasil